Editorial Policies

Focus and Scope

Established in 2017, the Independent Student Journal shall promote the free exhange of student research with minimal academic or editorial interference. The Journal, reflecting the free-thinking ethos espoused by the University of Buckingham, aims to become a beacon for university students across the globe, championing the fundamental rights of research and writing within contentious and controversial subjects.

The Journal shall produce a First Edition in January 2018.

Submissions shall be entertained from the following areas:

Law

International Realtions

Economics and Business

Medince

Psychology

Articles should centre around issues concerning

Liberty

Freedom of the individual

Freedom for state intervention

Human Rights

Individuals who are completing a training contacts, pupilage, apprenticeship or graduate programmes shall be regarded, for the purposes of this Journal, as students.

Submissions should be 3,000 to 6,000 words in length, excluding footnoting and references. A brief abstract of 200 words should be included. A bibliography should accompany submissions which shall not published.

Submissions should be 3,000 to 6,000 words in length, excluding footnoting and references. A brief abstract of 200 words should be included. A bibliography should accompany submissions but shall not published.

Economics

Submissions shall explore contemporary economic issues concerning:

Financial markets

Energy industires

Political-economic trends

Submissions should be 3,000 to 6,000 words in length, excluding footnoting and references. A brief abstract of 200 words should be included. A bibliography should accompany submissions but shall not published.

Submissions should be 3,000 to 6,000 words in length, excluding footnoting and references. A brief abstract of 200 words should be included. A bibliography should accompany submissions but shall not published.

Submissions should be 3,000 to 6,000 words in length, excluding footnoting and references. A brief abstract of 200 words should be included. A bibliography should accompany submissions but shall not published.

Peer Review Process

Pursuant to the independent nature of the Journal, a limited peer review progress shall be undertaken. All submissions shall be anonymously reviewed by academics and practitioners to ensure quality and academic merit. Reviews shall be completed within a two to three week period, and shall include directions addressing areas for improvement, grammatical concerns, and overall standard. Authors shall be invited to amend submissions, accordingly.

Open Access Policy

This Journal provides immediate open access to its content on the principle that making research freely available to the public supports a greater global exchange of knowledge.

Journal Responsibilities

Independence:

The Independent Student Journal values independent thinking for independent minds. The Journal believes that by operating a restrictionist publication policy academic freedoms for students an be protected and promoted. The Journal shall not interfere, or attempt to change the substantive content of any submitted manuscript without the explicit consent and cooperation from the Author. Proposed changes shall only be based upon publishable quality, and overriding legal obligations.

The Journal encourages submissions which explore controversial subjects or presents refreshingly original perspectives in subjects such as law, international relations, economics, and medicine .

Publication Decisions:

The Editor-In-Chief is responsible for approving submitted articles for publication. The Editor-In-Chief may be constrained by legal requirements regarding libel, copyright infringement and plagiarism. The Editor-In-Chief shall take into account, amongst other aspects, the merit of the article, peer review comments, and remarks from Section Editors and members of the Editorial Board. The Editor-In-Chief retains the discretion to include the article within the print edition, an electronic edition, or both.

Questions concerning publication decisions should be made directly to the Editor-In-Chief.

Confidentially:

The Editor-In-Chief, Section Editors, members of the Editorial Board, and Reviewers, shall not disclose any information concerning submitted manuscripts to the Independent Student Journal, as appropriate.

Editorial Process:

The Journal shall provide proficient Editors to review submissions for academic merit and quality. Editors shall provide spelling and grammatical correction services, along with general feedback to Authors in a timely fashion. The Editors undertake a duty to restrict any form of interference, unless conflicting with the publishable quality of the Article and Journal edition.

Peer-Reviewers:

The Editorial Board shall maintain a group of experienced peer-reviewers, pursuant to the Review Policy. Peer-Reviewers shall act confidentially and shall report to the Editorial Board in a timely fashion. The Peer-Reviewers shall act objectively, with particular attention directed towards academic quality. Peer-Reviewers shall not interfere with the substantive content contained within the manuscript, unless a fundamental error has been identified, or when a Peer-Reviewer has identified a point of contention, with supporting evidence and argument.

Responsibilities of Authors

Academic Standards:

Authors accept that manuscripts submitted to the Independent Student Journal have not been submitted for consideration or publication at any other journal or publication.

Co-authored submissions are welcome however articles must be original works. If submitted articles use or cite the works of others, appropriate attribution must appear within the manuscript. Submissions are to confirm to the relevant citation and referencing conventions indicated under Section Policies.

Authors must ensure that fraudulent or knowingly inaccurate statements, plagiarised material, or any statement of a libellous, defamatory, or illegal in nature, are removed from the manuscript prior to submission.

Authors must immediately notify the Editor-In-Chief of any significant errors, inaccuracies, or any statements contravening the perviously described duties. The Author shall assist and cooperate with the Editor-In-Chief and Section Editor to redact, correct, or amend the manuscript.